For more than half of its working residents, Afton Township is a commute to Minot
Hardly any stay in Afton Township for work; outside it, Minot is the main destination (51%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 18% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. The average commute takes 16 minutes each way (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Afton Township stands out on work
Afton Township makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Afton Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Afton Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Most Afton Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 55% of jobs based in Afton Township
347 jobs are based in Afton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Afton Township, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 347. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Afton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Afton Township, by distance
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who leaves Afton Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Afton Township to work: where people go
Where Afton Township clocks in
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 16 minutes each way for Afton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Afton Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 319 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door is work for 55% of Afton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Afton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afton Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $151,875 |
| Minot | 51% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $73,219 |
| Burt Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Sundre Township | under 2% | A | D | 24 min | $107,218 |
| Freedom Township | 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Harrison Township | 3% | A− | D | 20 min | $122,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Burt Township and Freedom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minot. Darker towns draw more of Afton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Afton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Afton Township?
$151,875 (±$44,144) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Afton Township?
0.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Afton Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Afton Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Afton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Afton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Afton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.